43 U.S.C. § 597
Section 597 · Riverton project, Wyoming
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case Estate of Jorgenson v. DHS Drilling Co. (2011)
Most recently applied in Estate of Jorgenson v. DHS Drilling Co. (December 2011)
Lands within and in the vicinity of the ceded portion of the Wind River or Shoshone Reservation, and included in the Riverton project, Wyoming, shall be subject to all the charges, terms, conditions, provisions, and limitations of the reclamation Act and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and suitable provision shall be made by the Secretary of the Interior in fixing the charges to provide for reimbursement of the entire expenditure in accordance with the reclamation law and other laws applicable to said lands.
When any land on the project is opened to homestead entry under the terms of the “Reclamation Law”, the entryman shall pay to the United States for the lands the sum of $1.50 per acre as provided in section 2 of the Act approved March 3, 1905 (volume 33, Statutes at Large, page 1016), to be credited to the fund established by said Act of 1905, together with the proceeds from the sale of town sites established in said project under the “Reclamation Law”.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
References in Text
References to the reclamation Act, the reclamation law, and the “Reclamation Law”, in text, probably mean act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, as amended, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
Act of March 3, 1905, referred to in text, is act Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1452, 33 Stat. 1016, which is not classified to the Code.
Restoration of Lands to Public Domain
Act Aug. 15, 1953, ch. 509, §2, 67 Stat. 612, set out as a note under section 611 of Title 25, Indians, provided that unentered and vacant lands of the Riverton reclamation project within the ceded portion of the Wind River Indian Reservation should be restored to the public domain for administration, use, occupancy, and disposal under the reclamation and public land laws of the United States.